ABOUT US

Located in the heart of the nation’s fourth largest city, South Texas College of Law Houston is a private, independent institution that has earned a reputation for providing students an exceptional, relevant, practical legal education that fully prepares them for a career in the profession.

ACADEMIC RESOURCES

FRED PARKS LAW LIBRARY

The Fred Parks Law Library offers students access to more than 90 law-related databases; a comprehensive range of government documents; special collections, including rare books, manuscripts, and archives; and legal research guides. These resources are all designed not only to support students in the classroom, but also to better prepare them for employment after graduation.

STUDENT SERVICES

South Texas College of Law Houston provides students with a full range of services and opportunities to enhance their learning experience. We offer nearly 40 special-interest student organizations, technology support, academic counseling, and assistance in pursuing employment, internships, and clerkships.

CAREER RESOURCES

South Texas College of Law Houston is committed to helping our students maximize their potential for a successful, rewarding career. We help students to locate opportunities in private practice, public interest, government, and business; provide career counseling and job search advice; offer assistance identifying and applying for clerkships and internships; and connect students with alumni and other potential employers.

ALUMNI AND FRIENDS

More than 15,000 South Texas College of Law Houston alumni live and work across the U.S. and the globe. Every new graduate is automatically a member of the Alumni Association.
Our alumni have achieved success in private practice, the judiciary, as general counsels, and in government and public service. Additionally, we have built partnerships with friends of the law school who share our vision and seek to support our mission.

Director

W. David East has been a professor at South Texas College of Law Houston since 1981. He teaches and writes in the commercial law (Uniform Commercial Code) areas of Payment Systems, Bank Collections and Deposits, Letters of Credit, Secured Transactions in Personal Property, and Sales of Goods. He has also taught Bankruptcy, Commercial Law and Human Rights, Consumer Transactions, Property, and Transaction Skills. During 1987-1990 Professor East was Associate Dean for Academic Affairs at South Texas College of Law Houston, returning to full-time teaching in 1990.

In 1998-1999 he began developing and teaching problem model courses in Transaction Skills and is now the Director of the Transactional Practice Center at South Texas College of Law Houston. He holds a Juris Doctor from Baylor University and an LL.M. from The George Washington University in Washington, D.C. He is a member of the American Bar Association’s Section of Business Law. In addition, he was the Chair of the Business Law Section of the State Bar of Texas for 2001-2002 and also was appointed Chair of the Council of Chairs Committee of the State Bar of Texas for 2001-2002. In June 2003 Professor East was appointed as a Section Representative to the Board of Directors of the State Bar of Texas; that appointment continued through June 2006.

As an advisory member of the Texas Business Law Foundation Professor East has testified several times before legislative committees in Austin on pending commercial statutes. He is a co-author of Anderson, Bartlett & East’s Texas Uniform Commercial Code Annotated (Thomson/West, current ed. 2008-2009).